Fanger + Kersten

Artist: Fanger & Kersten
P: 2008
LTD: 1000
Tracks 1&2 recorded live April 2002 at Toskana Therme, Bad Sulza, Germany.
Tracks 3 recorded 2001 at mind~flux studio, Berlin, Germany.
Tracks 4 recorded live November 2000 at Petrus Kirche, Berlin, Germany.
This previously unreleased material from Fanger & Kersten, aka Mind~Flux, is a collection of studio and live recordings from 2000-2002.
Normally the duo tends to likes their beats dance-floor ready, but this disc finds them mostly in a dream-like state of mind, in particular on the soft swirling synths of “Salt Tank.” This exceptionally pleasant music was recorded at the famous Toskana Therme, no doubt perfect accompaniment for those relaxing in its underwater spa. Piano and warm synths and little electronic blips make this a welcome introduction to the disc.
“Gentle Waves” is eerily similar to the Manuel Gottsching classic “E2-E4,” exceptionally well done.
 

Artist: Fanger & Kersten
P: 1999
An angelic vocal sigh and vocoded introduction combine with a gob smacking sequence to make the opening title track a real beaut. This is the best Fanger and Kersten collaboration I have heard by a long way. The cover is also rather fun looking like a piss take of a Cosmic Jokers album (though the music is nothing like it). When it arrives the rhythm is a real driving one. The sort that would get your foot right down to the floor. What’s more the lead line is also spot on.

A delicate plucked melody starts ‘New Times (betazoid woman mix)’. A rapid rumbling sequence combines with sonic splashes to create a tranquil mood until the sequence is beefed up half way through. A playful melody then becomes the main feature.
Calm descends and we float into ‘Deep Sleep’ The sequence sounds as if it is a helicopter getting closer and closer. Very faint voices can be heard and soft lead motifs dance amongst the rotor blades. A beat ‘with attitude’ enters at the three and a half minute mark. It is a really dirty one that becomes more and more insistent. This is a cracker though the title is rather misleading.

‘Nightshift’ continues straight on without a break but things are stripped down to whispered voices allowing the new track to emerge from around them. A swirling Spyra type sequence becomes the main focus. The whole effect is rather psychedelic and ‘way out, man’. Mesmerizing stuff.
Things fade away and we float into the twenty three minute ‘Searched’ which adopts another swirling sequence but this time a bit like something Pete Namlook might come up with. A melodic sequence is layered over the first. This track is also rather psychedelic, listen to it after a can of Tennants Super and the mind creates all sorts of weird and wonderful pictures (did with me anyway).

‘Black Hole’ finishes the album off with a sequencer blast combined with an infectious rhythm. Around the half way mark we get a more delicate section though still rhythmic but we are back to a pump up the volume section a couple of minutes from the end.
To sum up this will be liked by fans of Spyra and the good fax label stuff. It is not a retro album but I think some fans of that scene will also find this very enjoyable.

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Artist: Fanger & Kersten
P: 2000
Fanger + Kersten must've been relaxing poolside while the debate over whether spacemusic deals with outer space or inner space raged on in internet chatrooms and email discussion groups. On their album Splashdown, the duo pays no attention to either of these two propositions and takes their concept back to the ocean, leading the listener on an extra-terrestrial water related odyssey of epic proportions. The energy level of the music is always positive and can swell quite high. Ever evolving analogue rhythms propel the music as enigmatic electronic textures and chords wash over us. A synth choir drifts in with the gentle dynamics of the evening tide as we imagine the deep blue/green of a rolling underwater realm. Songs and movements crossfade easily from one wave to the next and often the music leads us to some distant horizon. This music comes in the wake of the Berlin school, but Fanger + Kersten have weighed anchor and set sail from the coastline. They've made the music their own and Splashdown an enjoyable and fulfilling listening experience.

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Artist: Mind-Flux
P: 1995 / 2002
This CD is more slowed down with a lot of spherical aspects and this music in the electronicmusic opinion has nothing to do with sports.
 

Artist: Mind-Flux
P: 1995
This CD is more slowed down with a lot of spherical aspects and this music in the electronicmusic opinion has nothing to do with sports.

Here the last copy of the original first pressing by the IC label BFM.
 

Artist: Mind-Flux
P: 2005
Fascinating computeranimations with the brilliant electronicmusic made by Mind-Flux (Fanger & Kersten). Come join this journey into fantasy.

Artist: Mind-Flux
P: 1997
What is space? How would one answer that question in musical terms? With profoundly astral electronics, fanciful keyboards, and determined E-perc. At least, these are the chosen vehicles for Thomas Fanger and Michael Kersten on this 1997 release. Starting with "Destination Unknown", Mind-Flux will show you "Mr. Johnson's Trip to the Moon", "Cars on Mars", "A Moody Night on Cyrus 7", and "Ms. Johnson's Trip to Venus". Be certain your pressure suit is properly sealed, with your earplugs carefully inserted. You'll not want to miss a single note of this sonic excursion. Peppy keyboards caper and prance with nimble-fingered response amid a seething nebula of quantumly-charged electronics. Drones and pulsations are delivered with rapid relish, streaming past you like blurred sequences of shooting stars. Extremely rhythmic E-perc is a constant companion, injecting dance qualities to the tuneage. Periodic use of vocoder vocals lends a Kraftwerk edge to some of this music. You can also expect the strong influence of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze in the band's early sound. You will also observe the presence of moody, non-rhythmic passages which exemplify Mind-Flux's own evolving style.

This sonic voyage will last 74 minutes.

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Artist: Mind-Flux
P: 1999
Solar Eclipse 99 (1) is one of genious track, where You can find Kraftwerk tradition in german music. It,s great! Pure Teutonic sounds, which we all love ( lovers of german electronic music like Kraftwerk ). We can reccomend it,s a good vibe, good melody, good brain food.

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Artist: Mind-Flux
P: 2002
Selected tracks from Mind-Flux with animated videos and perfect 5.1 surroundsound on DVD.
"An unique musical odyssee through our galaxy and beyond"

The first Mind-Flux DVD includes selected tracks which have digitally remastered
and mixed for 5.1 surround sound. The computer animated videos were especially
designed for this DVD. So this DVD grants the ultimate audio-visual Mind-Flux experience!

Artist: Mind-Flux
P: 1994 / 2008
Their debut album, Trancefloor, is subtitled "The Resurrection of Hypnotic Energy" and without being trendy or derivative, they made that resurrection a reality.
Recorded at Flux Studios, Berlin and digitally re-mastered at HAM-Audio Studio Hamburg, Germany.
All tracks composed and produced by Thomas Fanger and Michael Kersten.

Artist: Mind-Flux
P: 1994
Their debut album, Trancefloor, is subtitled "The Resurrection of Hypnotic Energy" and without being trendy or derivative, they made that resurrection a reality.
Recorded at Flux Studios, Berlin and digitally re-mastered at HAM-Audio Studio Hamburg, Germany.
All tracks composed and produced by Thomas Fanger and Michael Kersten.

Here the last copy of the first original IC pressing.

Artist: Mind-Flux
P: 1998
Modern electronicmusic with perfect Berlin-School sequences. One of their best tracks in 4 new versions.
 

Artist: Various Artists
P: 1998
LTD 500
This compilation GoldTri: what mean as "Golden Triangle" was released as limited edition 500pcs. on March 21, 1998, for the Alfa-Centauri festival in Huizen (The Netherlands)
and for that time all tracks was previously unreleased.

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Artist: Spyra, Fanger & Kersten u.a.
P: 2000
Three tracks of the preforming artists, made as a shape CD which looks like an entree card.

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Artist: Various Artists
P: 2007 / 2010
LTD 300
First official DVD release. EMtv features 13 track sampler (3 exclusive) by Ricochet Dream artists.